[jacket3ree]

I agree Stanford was good and interesting during that period, which was not that long ago. I think it would also be cherry picking to just look at Stanford only when coming off periods of suckage. Your overarching point that Stanford deserves a seat at a table hosting the likes of Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Indiana, Purdue, and Minnesota is valid. I mean even UCLA and Washington. And Colorado? They suck out loud in football. The world we live in is one in which Coach Prime's persona is more important then the lack of achievement since a 5th down gave them an illegitimate title. (Do I remain bitter about that? Yes. And Stanford beat them on the field that year too. Just because they were in Boulder did some chickenshit referees, probably from the Pac10, deem Eric Bieniemy's helmet maybe getting over the goal line a TD. I hope they lose every football game they play for the rest of time. I'd even pull for UGA over them, which is....insane.) 

My overarching point is that the people making these decisions appear to be morons. Which makes figuring out what to do challenging.

[jacket3ree]

I agree Stanford was good and interesting during that period, which was not that long ago. I think it would also be cherry picking to just look at Stanford only when coming off periods of suckage. Your overarching point that Stanford deserves a seat at a table hosting the likes of Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Indiana, Purdue, and Minnesota is valid. I mean even UCLA and Washington. And Colorado? They suck out loud in football. The world we live in is one in which Coach Prime's persona is more important then the lack of achievement since a 5th down gave them an illegitimate title. (Do I remain bitter about that? Yes. And Stanford beat them on the field that year too. Just because they were in Boulder did some chickenshit referees, probably from the Pac10, deem Eric Bieniemy's helmet maybe getting over the goal line a TD. I hope they lose every football game they play for the rest of time. I'd even pull for UGA over them, which is....insane.) 

My overarching point is that the people making these decisions appear to be morons. Which makes figuring out what to do challenging.